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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Parliamentary election to test if Austria "going to the dogs"

By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - A business leader's offhand pre-election comment that Austria is "going to the dogs" has galvanized a debate about whether the nation's enviable prosperity will wither away. The remark by Chamber of Commerce head Christoph Leitl held up a mirror to a comfortable and slightly coddled country that sailed through five years of economic crisis with little of the misery that euro zone peers like Greece or Cyprus endured. ...


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